Hexagons, Hexagons and More Hexagons

Or shall we simply say "Hexie Love"? Just look at this beautiful splash of pastels! The most beautiful "Woodland Clearing" line by Liesl Gibson parading here in hexagons. Pink, aqua, beige...beautiful prints that almost look like watercolours or cross-stitch designs.

There is something calming and comforting about making hexagons and sewing them together by hand. I like that the tiniest scraps can be used for them and when stitched together they become something completely new and amazing. This fabric is very delicate so I tried my best, using a very sharp and thin needle to make my stitches almost invisible. It took some time, but I am very happy with the result.

Linen is always my number one choice of base fabric. It combines nicely with most prints and fabrics, it gives you a chance to add some embroidered details and I have to say it feels good to touch. These beautiful little hexagons became a pretty flower and the flower landed on a linen envelope. I used Aurifil thread in red colour to add a running stitch around the flower and the edge of the flap. Can you spot these two tiny crosses kisses in the left bottom corner? They look so cute there. A piece of a stripy selvedge became a tag. As always, everything gets used over here. Tutorial for the envelope can be found on this page.

I also made these cute minute animal hexagons and some linen ones with embroidery. I have had this fabric for ages and I still love all the different animals on it. I especially love the sheep, hedgehogs and little piggies. What do you think about my pincushion? To tell you the truth, it's a toothbrush stand that I filled with a pretty fabric ball. It's very heavy and because of that it's extremely stable, not like many other pincushions. These hexies were turned into a baby bib for my Little One, but sadly, after wearing it only once, the bib got lost in Singapore where we went on holidays a few weeks ago. I am thinking of making exactly the same one.

These ones are large 1.5" hexagons. This project was designed especially for a small piece of fabric I got from Gina of Party of Eight. A long while ago she sent me the sweetest surprise parcel with lovely bits and pieces and one of them was this sweet print with the kettle. I really wanted to showcase the beauty of this drawing. I chose Liberty Gracey Tana Lawn in pale blue to go along with it.

All together the hexies became a flower again, but this time the flower ended up on a mug rug. I am absolutely in love with the tiny stitches and the colours of this rug. Oh, the label!

One evening I got carried away, after I made a felt pear I could not stop and wanted to make something else with felt. I had one label with a strawberry that I made for a particular project, but ended up not using it. So I decided to make a few matching labels. This one has berries that match the berries on the mug rug. I love making small pretty things.

These pretty fabrics from "Memoire a Paris" were simply begging me to turn them into hexagons. I have an idea what I want to make, but it will take quite some time to finish with all the other projects happening at the moment, so for now I am just going to make more and more pretty hexagons.

It's been a busy time and I have surprised myself with how many different hexagons I have made and I have not stopped yet. Thank you for stopping by! Larisa xox